PLANS REVIEWER - 55006448

Date:  Jun 18, 2025


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Requisition No: 855198 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: PLANS REVIEWER - 55006448

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55006448 

Salary:  $47,233.67 - $61,125.92 

Posting Closing Date: 06/26/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

490 / TREASURE COAST OPERATIONS

OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

 

CONTACT PERSON: Anna Dienno

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: anna.dienno@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $ 1,816.88 - $2,351.00 /biweekly range / $47,233.67 - $61,125.92 /annual range

 

Join FDOT and be part of the team that works as one to improve safety, enhance mobility and inspire innovation in the Florida transportation system.

Our Mission

The mission of the Florida Department of Transportation is to provide a safe statewide transportation system that promotes the efficient movement of people and goods, supports the state’s economic competitiveness, prioritizes Florida’s environment and natural resources, and preserves the quality of life and connectedness of the state’s communities.

 

Our Vision

As a OneFDOT team, we serve the people of Florida by providing a transportation network that is well planned, supports economic growth, and has the goal of being congestion and fatality free.

 

The Work You Will Do:

PLANS REVIEWER DISTRICT 4/DISTRICT MAINTENANCE/FORT PIERCE MAINTENANCE-ADMINISTRATION

 

This position will ensure quality road and bridge construction plans are free from design errors and unintended conflicts so that construction time and financial goals are achieved, thus minimizing impacts for the State of Florida taxpayers. 

The Difference You Will Make:

Through cooperation, coordination and collaboration among the OneFDOT team, you will be contributing to a strong and empowering culture of TRREC: Trust, Relationships, Respect, Empowerment, and Communication. 

 

How You Will Grow:

FDOT encourages our team members to grow through engagement, empowerment, training, and professional development.  Through our agency’s learning management system, you have access to hundreds of computer-based training and instructor-led courses. 

 

Where You Will Work:

District 4-Treasure Coast Operations

3601 Oleander Avenue

Ft. Pierce, FL 34982

 

Annual Salary Range:

$47,233.67 - $61,125.92  

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Reviews engineering plans for all phases of construction.  Reviews plans for possible errors and omissions in accordance with District and Resident guidelines, plans preparation manual and Construction Project Administration Manual (CPAM).  Review plans for biddability to establish whether a contractor can submit a competitive bid based on plans and specifications.  Coordinates with other Operations Center staff including Project Oversite, Project Administrators and maintenance staff to ensure a complete and accurate plans review.  Performs field reviews to verify design information.  Provides comments in Electronic Review Comments system to designers by the required due date.  May be required to operate a Florida Department of Transportation vehicle.

 

Reviews quantity take-offs from Plans.  Verifies the quantities on tabulation sheets and reviews the pay item numbers and notes to ensure that all the work is addressed for payment

 

Attends Phase Review, Plans Specifications and Estimates (PSE), Maintenance of Traffic (MOT), and Scoping meetings to discuss the comments and its implementations.  Assists the designers throughout the design process as requested for input or response to questions and development of MOT concepts.

 

Analyzes and confirms construction contract time.  Ensures that other special project  requirements such as allowing time for special events, acquisition time, flex time, innovative bidding amount and type of bonus are considered.

 

Acts as liaison between the Operation Center and Production, copies and distributes plans for review, coordinate review plans to reviewers, reviews all comments for redundancy, and submits comments to production via the Electronic Review Comments system.

 

Develops and maintains files for all reviewed and active construction projects which contain plans, contract, and all documentation relating to reviewed projects, including field notes, and request for information (RFIs).  Creates a tracking program and updates Construction Project Supplemental Agreements and Work Order codes.  Provides feedback and recommendations to the Design Section for reoccurring instances.

 

Oversees maintenance inspections on construction projects at 50% to 90% completion, and then final inspections.

 

 

The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

 

Knowledge of:

  • the concepts, terminology, principles and analytical techniques of engineering design, construction, production and/or operations

 

Skills in:

  • utilizing computers and software programs that assist with work activities

 

Ability to:

  • perform plans review inspections from a construction and maintenance perspective
  • determine work priorities, coordinate work, and train on proper completion of work
  • monitor engineering projects to ensure compliance with standards, specifications, and/or rules and regulations
  • analyze and interpret engineering data
  • solve problems relating to engineering
  • solve problems relating to design conflicts
  • communicate engineering information effectively
  • establish and maintain effective working relationships with others

 

Other Job-Related Requirements:

  • While on-duty status, the position's incumbent may be required to drive a state owned or leased vehicle to perform the duties of this position". Valid Class "E" license required.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • A High School Diploma or its equivalent; 2 years’ experience in a related field can substitute for the High School Diploma or equivalency.

 

This position requires a valid Class (E) driver license with an acceptable driving record in accordance with the Department’s Driver’s Record Requirements Policy. An unacceptable driving record is defined as any of the following:

  1. three (3) or more moving violations in the past three (3) years that accumulate three (3) or more points per violation;
  2. any two (2) convictions of reckless driving in the past three (3) years;
  3. a suspension or revocation of the driver license for moving violations in the past three (3) years; and
  4. a suspension or revocation for refusal to take a sobriety test, or any suspension or revocation for a DUI conviction, in the past four (4) years.

 

Your driving record will be reviewed and the status of your driver license confirmed.

The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including: 

 

  • Health insurance (over 90% employer paid)
  • $25,000 life insurance policy (100% employer paid)
  • Dental, vision and supplemental insurances
  • State of Florida retirement package
  • 10 paid holidays a year
  • Generous vacation and sick leave
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Tuition waiver for public college courses
  • A variety of training opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, visit: https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/

 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS), unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES THE SERVICE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY AND SUPPORTS THE HIRING OF RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS AND MILITARY SPOUSES.  If you are a preference-eligible applicant who receives notice of a hiring decision and believe that you were not afforded employment preference in accordance with applicable Florida law and regulation, you may file a written complaint within 60 calendar days from the date you receive the notice, requesting an investigation to the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Division of Benefits and Assistance, 9500 Bay Pines Boulevard, Room 214, St. Petersburg, Florida 33708.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.  QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.  In accordance with Section 110.112, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Department of Transportation’s Individuals with Disabilities Affirmative Action Plan, the agency is committed to ensuring affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities.  Upon request and as appropriate, reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities may be provided.  Please contact the Florida Department of Transportation’s Human Resources Office at (850) 414-5300 for assistance.  

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement. 

Location: 

FORT PIERCE, FL, US, 32982